Tindall will skipper side for first time
Northampton flanker Tom Wood will make his England debut in Friday night's RBS Six Nations opener against Wales at the Millennium Stadium.
Wood was not included in manager Martin Johnson's original 33-man squad but he has been promoted from the Saxons into the starting XV due to injuries.
Lewis Moody and Tom Croft are both missing from the back row, while Northampton lock Courtney Lawes may miss the entire championship with a knee injury.
Tindall
With Moody out, Mike Tindall has been appointed England captain for the first time.
Wood, 24, will pack down at blindside flanker and offer England a back-row lineout option in Croft's absence, while James Haskell will start in the less familiar role on the openside.
Leicester lock Louis Deacon returns in the second row to partner Tom Palmer in place of Lawes.
The athletic 6ft 5in, 16st 7lb Wood will wear the number six jersey for his debut. Haskell is traditionally a blindside but his breakdown and turnover work has been one of the big improvements in his game since moving to Stade Francais.
England: B Foden (Northampton Saints); C Ashton (Northampton Saints), M Tindall (Gloucester, capt), S Hape (Bath), M Cueto (Sale Sharks); T Flood (Leicester Tigers), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), L Deacon (Leicester Tigers), T Palmer (Stade Francais), T Wood (Northampton Saints), J Haskell (Stade Francais), N Easter (Harlequins).
Replacements: S Thompson (Leeds Carnegie), D Wilson (Bath), S Shaw (Wasps), J Worsley (Wasps), D Care (Harlequins), J Wilkinson (Toulon), M Banahan (Bath).
Wood was not included in manager Martin Johnson's original 33-man squad but he has been promoted from the Saxons into the starting XV due to injuries.
Lewis Moody and Tom Croft are both missing from the back row, while Northampton lock Courtney Lawes may miss the entire championship with a knee injury.
Tindall
With Moody out, Mike Tindall has been appointed England captain for the first time.
Wood, 24, will pack down at blindside flanker and offer England a back-row lineout option in Croft's absence, while James Haskell will start in the less familiar role on the openside.
Leicester lock Louis Deacon returns in the second row to partner Tom Palmer in place of Lawes.
The athletic 6ft 5in, 16st 7lb Wood will wear the number six jersey for his debut. Haskell is traditionally a blindside but his breakdown and turnover work has been one of the big improvements in his game since moving to Stade Francais.
England: B Foden (Northampton Saints); C Ashton (Northampton Saints), M Tindall (Gloucester, capt), S Hape (Bath), M Cueto (Sale Sharks); T Flood (Leicester Tigers), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), L Deacon (Leicester Tigers), T Palmer (Stade Francais), T Wood (Northampton Saints), J Haskell (Stade Francais), N Easter (Harlequins).
Replacements: S Thompson (Leeds Carnegie), D Wilson (Bath), S Shaw (Wasps), J Worsley (Wasps), D Care (Harlequins), J Wilkinson (Toulon), M Banahan (Bath).
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